The Chinese drywall investigation is buy cheap Zithromax free fedex being expanded because of allegations that some wallboard produced in the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex U.S. is causing similar odor and corrosion problems. According to the Associated Press, of roughly 2,100 drywall complaints received by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), about 25 involve homeowners who reported issues with American wallboard.
The problems alleged to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex have occurred in homes with American wallboard are similar to those attributed to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Chinese drywall: a buy cheap Zithromax free fedex rotten-egg odor that makes occupants sick, corrosion of copper pipes, and buy cheap Zithromax free fedex ruined TVs and air conditioners. And like the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Chinese drywall debacle, the purported problems have sparked lawsuits against American firms, including National Gypsum and Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Tests on National Gypsum drywall found in one Florida home found it buy cheap Zithromax free fedex contained 50 percent gypsum and 50 percent cellulose, an organic compound. Drywall should contain mostly gypsum. According to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the Associated Press, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where the tests were performed have theorized that gypsum and cellulose in the drywall is combining with a humid atmosphere and buy cheap Zithromax free fedex releasing sulfurous gases, causing corrosion of copper, brass and silver.
A spokesperson with National Gypsum told the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Associated Press that its own drywall tests found only four percent cellulose. The company maintains that buy cheap Zithromax free fedex it would be impossible to make wallboard with 50 percent cellulose.
A University of Florida study has buy cheap Zithromax free fedex also found some possible problems with American drywall, according to the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Associated Press. Some U.S. samples tested in the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex study released sulfur fumes, but at a lower level than buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the Chinese product taken from homes. However, some American product had buy cheap Zithromax free fedex higher emissions than some of the new Chinese material, the Associated Press said.
According to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the Associated Press, some have theorized that homes with problem drywall were built with both American and buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Chinese-made material, but because wallboard from China isn’t always labeled, its difficult to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex tell which is causing problems. It is buy cheap Zithromax free fedex also possible that in homes built with both types, fumes from buy cheap Zithromax free fedex Chinese drywall are contaminating American-made wallboard, causing it to emit similar gases.
A spokesperson for buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the CPSC told the Associated Press that while the bulk of the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex agency’s investigation is buy cheap Zithromax free fedex focusing on imported drywall, it is looking at domestically produced wallboard as well.
Meanwhile, the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex litigation over Chinese drywall is heating up, with the first Chinese drywall lawsuit trial scheduled to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex start January 25, 2010. In addition, Chinese drywall claimants whose homes were built with wallboard made by Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co., Ltd have only a few days – December 2 – to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex join the omnibus class action lawsuit that will be filed against the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex company on December 9. Knauf Plasterboard has agreed to waive its rights under The Hague Convention for buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the Service of Process Abroad for homeowners who sign on to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex this lawsuit by the December 2 deadline.
This agreement will greatly streamline the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex litigation process for claimants whose homes contain wallboard manufactured by Knauf if they make the buy cheap Zithromax free fedex deadline. However, the December 2 date is a hard deadline, and buy cheap Zithromax free fedex the omnibus complaint will not be amended at a later date to buy cheap Zithromax free fedex add more people. To be eligible for the omnibus lawsuit, claimants must submit pictures or buy cheap Zithromax free fedex other proof that they have wallboard made by Knauf Plasterboard in their homes by December 2, 2009. Any Chinese drywall homeowner interested in becoming a buy cheap Zithromax free fedex party to this lawsuit must start now by contacting an buy cheap Zithromax free fedex attorney and arranging to have their home inspected.
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